The World Hannah Chanatry A new law in China will promote “ethnic unity,” making it compulsory to use Mandarin in schools, government and other public-facing activities. The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with Lhadon Tethong, director of the Tibetan...

Blending minimalism, ambient and folk music in the former Czechoslovakia, the couple made pilgrim-like tours around Europe, beguiling everyone they met. Fans including the National’s Bryce Dessner explain their allureThe Czech duo Irena and Vojtěch Havlovi often seemed out...

Exclusive: Victoria and Albert Museum has deleted maps and images deemed sensitive by Beijing censors from exhibition publicationsOne of the UK’s leading museums has accepted demands by a Chinese firm that publishes its catalogues to remove images that fall...

A mega-dam in Tibet must make ecological integrity and safety a priority, Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Guoqing said during a visit to the project. The dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo will be the world’s largest hydropower facility and it is...

In an exclusive interview, the former camp worker describes worsening abuses, transnational pressure, and the urgent need for global accountability. The post Sayragul Sauytbay: China Is Escalating Repression of Uyghurs and Kazakhs first appeared on Bitter Winter.

To counter the CCP’s escalating threats, Taiwan must build a national consensus and demonstrate the capability and the will to fight.The Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...

Although the terms “language” and “dialect” refer to different things, in real life the boundary between the two is not always clear-cut, and their linguistic definitions are often influenced by polit...

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) is “playing with fire” with her remark that the Taiwan Strait should “never be a chessboard for interference by external forces,” Premier ...

When political leaders speak of “peace” across the Taiwan Strait, the word carries an intuitive appeal. However, in international politics, peace rests on commitments — and not all commitments are equ...

HO CHI MINH CITY -- From its first gurgles in the mountains of Tibet, the Mekong River winds its way for more than 4,000 kilometers through China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Cambodia. It then splits into nine channels in a region known as Cuu Long (Nine Dragons) to the Vietnamese, and "the rice bowl of Vietnam" to outsiders.

Taipei, April 11 (CNA) Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said on Saturday that Kuomintang (KMT) Chairperson Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) was "playing with fire" with her remark a day earlier that the Taiwan Strait should "never be a chessboard for interference...

On Monday, the day before Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) departed on her visit to China, the party released a promotional video titled “Only with peace can we ‘lie flat’...

When Putin invaded Ukraine, he raised murder to the level of national policy. I felt guilt by association. And I had to actOne morning in May 2025, I walked briskly down Bayswater Road along the northern edge of London’s...

William Shakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Following that logic, surrender — by any other name — would remain just as tragic.

A delegation led by Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) on Tuesday left for China, and Taiwan should respond with goodwill and measured expectations. Any high-level cross-str...

Soyonbo Borjgin’s PropagandaScope provides an effective new lens on the CCP’s machinery of erasure. The post How Chinese Propaganda Erased Mongolian Identity—and Much More first appeared on Bitter Winter.

China has broken ground on a 50-megawatt concentrated solar power plant in Tibet at an altitude of 4,550 metres (14,900 feet), making it the world’s highest-altitude parabolic trough solar thermal facility. The project, located in Dangxiong County, incorporates a...

HAMBURG, Germany - A human rights group is conducting workshops in Switzerland to help the country's Uyghur and Tibetan communities deal with attempts by agents of China to spy on, coerce or intimidate them.

The Dalai Lama's East Asia representative says the law codifies assimilation, expands ideological control, and violates minority rights and UN conventions. The post China's New Ethnic Law Legalizes Forced Assimilation, Violates Constitution first appeared on JAPAN Forward.

A volume edited by Lukas Polorny and Franz Winter classifies and analyzes references by Western esotericists to China. The post When the Esoteric West Sought the Dao—and Discovered Its Own Reflection first appeared on Bitter Winter.

The Chinese Communist Party spells out its program of total control: “Sinicize,” manage, guide, and punish. The post A Blueprint for “Harmony”: Reading Between the Lines of Tibet’s New Governance Gospel first appeared on Bitter Winter.

No state has ever formally recognized the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) as a legal entity. The reason is not a lack of legitimacy — the CTA is a functioning exile government with democratic ele...

Lama Chime Tulku Rinpoche, was one of the first Tibetan lamas to settle in Britain. Source

A Tibetan Buddhist monk who disappeared for five years has been sentenced to seven years in prison, apparently for his devotion to the Dalai Lama, Tibet Watch has learned. Source

Beijing freezes assets and bars entry for Keiji Furuya, escalating simmering Japan–China standoff over Taiwan